There Are Other Options Besides Reopening Schools
Alternative solutions to parents’ dilemma just require more time, money, and imagination.
Ashley Fetters
Ashley Fetters is a writer based in New Jersey, and a former staff writer at The Atlantic.
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The pandemic made every non-cohabiting couple a long-distance one—and effectively stopped a whole legion of blossoming romances in their tracks.
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When one friend takes prevention guidelines more seriously than the other, suspicion, fear, and shame can drive them apart.
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Everyone’s doing badly. We need better questions to ask.
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Sometimes social distance can lead to unexpected contact.
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